Look, I'm using this as my vote for Street Fighter 2 in general. I will not be voting for the SNES/Sega version, Championship/turbo/hyper/super editions, or what ever. All of those are just one big blur of Street Fighter 2 dominance through the early 90's, so I'm just voting for the first one as a catch all.

"My great-grandfather did not travel across four thousand miles of the Atlantic Ocean to see this nation overrun by immigrants. He did it because he killed a man back in Ireland. That's the rumor."-Stephen Colbert

A point could be made that the arcade version actually wasn't superior. It was from a graphics point of view surely, but given my choice I would take a SNES gamepad controller over the arcade joystick. Also, the hyperfighting version (or whatever the exact name is), was even better. Cranking the speed up to max was the shit.

Maybe it's because I played so much in the arcade before I had a SNES, but I couldn't disagree more. For me the shoulder buttons on the SNES were an incredibly poor replacement for having two extra buttons in the arcade. I remember long sighs and eye rolls from all my friends whenever we played on the SNES, as I would always remap the controls so I could avoid using the shoulder buttons. I'm not saying I was obsessed with Street Fighter but in the sixth grade I could either ride the bus home or take a ninety minute walk. If I walked, there was a bar with a SFII machine about halfway home that would allow kids into the front area to play. If I had more than a dollar to my name, I would walk home just to play that game.

I think the placement of the shoulder buttons was fine for all other intents and purposes, but SF2 requires some dexterity and reactions that made involving the shoulder buttons problematic.

But honestly, I was amazing at that game, and was more than capable of turning it into a tactical advantage. I would put my heavy punches up on the left shoulder button. During 90% or more of a battle, I would relay on shorter and quicker stuff which reset faster and let you perform more of them, while also being effective (e.g. a medium dragon punch is still nasty, and you are back on the ground that much faster). As long as you are thinking ahead and getting ready for the awkward shoulder button movement, you then throw it in for a powerful and fast change of pace, and watch your opponent despair at being fooled.

Hard kick went on the right shoulder. Most meaningful usage of the hard kick was still easy enough from the shoulder button.

Never, ever assume someone that short and fat has their shit together. - Schild

I suppose I was mainly just talking myself into it, which I did. Also, would not have guessed the arcade version actually generated that much of the revenue. I was in the military at the time, so the kinds of arcades we were exposed to were different, with fewer or no kids.

A point could be made that the arcade version actually wasn't superior.

I refer back to my original statement then, given your response about the military and not being near a normal arcade. And you don't have a spotty memory of the craze, you have NO memory of it because you didn't experience it with the rest of the population. -_-

It actually came ou a half year before I actually entered the military, and I clearly remember it in the arcade I went to every weekend with all the other teenagers. My experience is not invalid, you are just doing the usual “the way schild experiences an event is the only way that matters” thing that you do.

Never, ever assume someone that short and fat has their shit together. - Schild

I concede your point anyway, I am only saying it is universally the case. Mortal Kombat had a much bigger visible impact at that same arcade I am referring to. Before this conversation, I would have wrongly guessed that banked more at the arcade.

Never, ever assume someone that short and fat has their shit together. - Schild

Though I'm pretty sure said defector is correct, and people are just voting to keep shit tied on purpose.

"My great-grandfather did not travel across four thousand miles of the Atlantic Ocean to see this nation overrun by immigrants. He did it because he killed a man back in Ireland. That's the rumor."-Stephen Colbert

"My great-grandfather did not travel across four thousand miles of the Atlantic Ocean to see this nation overrun by immigrants. He did it because he killed a man back in Ireland. That's the rumor."-Stephen Colbert

We managed to give X-Com the honorable follow up though. Good job team.

"My great-grandfather did not travel across four thousand miles of the Atlantic Ocean to see this nation overrun by immigrants. He did it because he killed a man back in Ireland. That's the rumor."-Stephen Colbert

It's a little deeper than that. A lot of us vote for the best of a genre / best version of a game. Baldur's Gate isn't the best Baldur's Gate style CRPG. Unreal isn't the best Unreal. Ocarina of Time isn't the best Zelda. It's not shocking FFT won.